LEVEL Studios Hires Roger Wong as Group Creative Director

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) June 02, 2011

LEVEL, a Rosetta company, today announced the hiring of Roger Wong as group creative director out of the agencys San Jose, California studio. He is an award-winning and published creative director with more than 15 years of both agency and in-house experience developing integrated marketing campaigns across a variety of mediums including interactive, video, motion and retail.

Wong will work with LEVEL clients, including Skype, NAMCO BANDAI Games, Facebook and NetApp to develop creative solutions that leverage the interplay of branded content, technology platforms and connected devices. He will oversee the creative team for LEVEL | San Jose in addition to supporting the agencys other studios in Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. Wong will also help recruit and mentor strong creative talent for the agency.

Prior to joining LEVEL, Wong was a creative director with PJA Advertising + Marketing and Razorfish both in San Francisco. He has worked with leading brands including Apple, Sprint, Levis, Nike, eBay, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Pixar and Sega. Most recently he co-created an influential iPad app for designers called DesignScene.

Wongs work has resulted in numerous industry honors including awards and recognition from Entertainment Weekly, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and the New York Times.

We are pleased to bring Rogers high caliber of creative talent and experience to the LEVEL team and to our clients at this time of significant growth and opportunity for the agency, said Alexander Mahernia, chief creative officer at LEVEL. Rogers innovative approaches to cross-platform interface design combined with his background in brand advertising will be a great asset for our continued growth across industries including consumer electronics, enterprise technology and gaming.

Wong graduated from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California.

Acquired by Rosetta in 2010, LEVEL joined the nations eighth largest U.S. digital agency and #1 Agency to Watch in 2011 according to Advertising Age, with more than 1,100 team members and 10 offices in North America.

About LEVEL Studios

LEVEL delivers integrated marketing and product development for global brands. Through the interplay of branded content, technology platforms and connected devices, we design a total user experience that amplifies the relationship between brand and consumer. Our methodology is proven; our behavior is adaptive.

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Mariner Expands Its Reach Into the Creative Writing Market by Forming a Partnership With the Online Publishing Company _trekden

Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

Were not sure how Ernest Hemingway would react today. With the availability of a wide variety of creative writing software, anyone who has a story to tell, can write one. Mariners own popular novel writing software, StoryMill, has a numerous and impressive following of both first-time and published professional writers. Established professional writers have a number of options at their disposal to get their writings published. For the rest of the world, whose works remain unpublished, who helps them?

Mariner has teamed up with _trekden, a one-of-a-kind, online publisher, specializing in getting those unpublished stories published using mediums like Apples iBook Store and Amazons Kindle Store. Both companies share a common interest in the creative writing community. Mariner plays a role in the writing process by providing innovative software, like StoryMill, designed to inspire writers to produce their best work. Trekden represents that second step in a writers journey by helping them overcome the administrative and financial hurdles of publishing. Together, Mariner and _trekden will form the complete experience for writers. When using Mariners StoryMill, writers will be able to bring their story from conception to completion. With _trekden, StoryMill users will have the advantage of their stories being expedited through the _trekden publishing process as premium clients.

"The partnership between Mariner Software and _trekden is important for just one reason it creates the turnkey solution for authors to write and publish their books," said T.K. Dennis, President of _trekden. "Becoming a published author is one of the most popular "bucket list" items throughout the world. Thats why _trekden and Mariner Software have teamed up. Our goal is to eliminate as many barriers as we can from the writing and publishing process."

With this collaboration, StoryMill now has a new Publish feature. When the user selects Publish, they will be connected to _trekdens full publishing services which includes general editing, cover design, ISBN assignment, and then, out to the marketplace. This new feature in StoryMill, and _trekdens services, are completely free to the user.

"This integration of publishing through _trekden in StoryMill adds incredible value," said Michael Wray, President of Mariner. "Youre not just buying an app that makes the writing process fun and easy, youre also investing in a means of publishing that will make the dream of becoming a published author a reality."

StoryMill is available as a full working demo from the Mariner Software website. Free review copies of StoryMill are available to the press.

About Mariner Software

Mariner Software Inc, is a developer and republisher of industry recognized Mac OS, iOS and Windows products. Founded in 1990, Mariner has established itself as a leader in the consumer, business and education markets with such products as MacJournal, Mariner Write, Mariner Calc, MacGourmet Deluxe, StoryMill, WinJournal, MacJournal for iPad and iPhone, Mariner Calc for iPad and iPhone and Paperless for Mac and Windows. For a complete listing of all products visit Mariner Software. With customers worldwide, Mariner Software is committed to delivering the highest quality software with an emphasis on total customer satisfaction.

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